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Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

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Resource Congress

Report, Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land

Zomer et al.’s 2016 report in Nature examines the contributions of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets.

Resource States and State Governments

Report, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals from Forest Land, Woodlands, and Urban Trees in the United States, 1990-2018

USDA Forest Service’s 2020 report delivers an overview of the status and trends of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands, hardwood products, and urban trees nationally for ...

Resource Executive Branch

Report, Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration and Climate Adaptation

Ontl et al.’s 2020 report provides a Forest Carbon Management Menu to help translate broad carbon management concepts into actionable tactics that help managers reduce risk from expected climate impac...

Resource Local Governments

USDA report, USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry

USDA’s 2016 report outlines a set of “building blocks” to help farmers, ranchers, forestland owners, and rural communities reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration, including tools for p...

Resource Congress

Report, Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the US

Malmsheimer et al.’s 2008 report provides a survey of carbon benefits from wood substitution, biomass substitution, wildfire behavior modification, and avoided land use change. The report details how ...

Resource States and State Governments

Report, Forest Carbon Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change

This 2015 report from the Forest Climate Working Group provides a toolkit for state governments looking to use forests and forest products as a climate mitigation strategy while also advancing other e...

Resource Congress

Report, Recommendation for Enhancing the Role of Forests in Climate Change Mitigation and Ecosystem Adaption to Climate Change

The National Association of State Foresters’ 2015 policy statement outlines recommendation related to private forest management, urban forests, forest health funding, fire assistance, and federal and ...

Resource Congress

Congressional Research Service Report, US Tree Planting for Carbon Sequestration

The Congressional Research Service’s 2009 report examines the use of afforestation to provide offsets under a cap-and-trade approach.

Resource Congress

Report, An Analysis of Forestry Carbon Sequestration as a Response to Climate Change

Sohngen’s 2009 analysis argues for afforestation as a cost-effective mechanism for climate mitigation, modeling up to a 17% increase globally in forest acreage.